Sheet-metal paint box



Feb. 10, 1931. H. LIEBETRUTH SHEET M ETAL PAINT BOX Filed Feb. l2. 1930 v Patented Fee. 1o, lienl v'Unire rsierras PATENT orner.

. HUGO LIEBETRUTH, vF Nunnnnniae, GERMANY, AssrGNon To THE `FIRM A. LIEBE- f 'rnnrn a co. e. M.` B. rr., or irritant-naif:ne,Y GERMANY r SHEET-METAL'PAINT BOX Applieation inea February 12, 1930,'seriaino-e2as51, iand in Germany october 14, 192e.

Y The object of this inventionis to providea sheet metal paint box, which is more particu,- larly 'intended for vthe use oi children, Vand which protects the paints Aagainst `dropping f5 out and rattling,`is cheap toman'ufacture, and

yet looks superior. For this purpose the in-Y vention consistsjessentially Ain the fact that the lower box member is composedV of a colour-holding plate,v` which, by Vmeans of stops, prevents the `paints from iumpingup, enclosing-strips bent down Jr'romthe lid preventing the'colours from slipping about,a'nd of a flat bottom sheet, which clamps thepaints against their stops. -The clamping of this sheet against the under surfaces of the paints, in the-,case of small rboxes,1'nay be effected merely by means of supports bent out of the marginal flanges of thecolour-holding plate either inwards Vor inwards and upwards. In the case-of larger paintboxes, it maybe effected by means of hooks attached to certain enclosing strips, these hooks passing through slots in the bottom lplatel andV beinggbent roundunderneath the latter. Y i Further improvements provide a hinge for the lid and a brush-holdingjdevice of hith-l erto unattained cheapness.V v A Y A rather large sheet metal paint box embodying allthese improvements is illustrated 3o by way of example Ain the `'accompanying drawings, in which Y.

Figure vl is a plan ofl the open box, Figure 2 a longitudinal section 0n the line II-II inFigure l, and i -Y Figure 3 a cross `section "on the line III-III in Figure 1; e

The vformation of the distinctive lid hinge is illustrated in Figures 4 to 9. f

' The paint-holding plate consists ofacov.- ering a with stops 0r abutments Z and f engagingover the paints b andtc, and with colour-enclosing strips g and 71, bent over, and alsooii marginal strips i, e" and e,'which surround a dat bottom sheet Z, and press the same with inwardly and upwardlybent supporting strips m against thel paints from .below. The sheet Z in its turn presses the paints against the stops d and f which overlap them and holds them between the enclosing strips 50. g Vand h. The paints thus embedded are :therefore unable tojshi/fteither-vertically or i D horizontally.' vThe .paints therefore cannot drop outiwhenthe, box iscarried in a Satchel which is liable tofbe shaken, as has hitherto been the case with other boxes. The bottom plate Z makes the hitherto usual: sheet metal support, the projecting margins of which em'- l braced those of *a colour-holding network which was entirely open at the top,` quite unnecessary; and the new bottom sheet, even 1..

when made of sheet metal, is already cheaper than such a sheet metal support, on account of the saving of the projecting margins.,` The bottom sheet isV muchl cheaper still when manufactured' of pasteb'oard, cardboard or other material, which is considerablycheaper than `sheet metal. The pastebo-ardsor cardboard may be impregnated orlvarnished to make it waterproof..` .Y i y In orderthat even rather, large bottom sheets .may not `sagin themiddle, suitably arranged Vframing 'strips g are prolonged into hooks aand 0, which pass through slots p in the bottom sheet and engage under the Y saidbottom sheet withclaws 0. For rectangular paints the stops d are advisable, which overlap the paints, for the paints look nice with bevelled corners, and the paint brush is worn away less by the corner 'stops whenrt'aking up the colour. 'Projecting covericlaws f for -rectangularpaints b landfor round paints c may however also be employed at any positions above the paints.

For holding the paint brush gn a channel s is pressed downwards in the cover cv. To the latter vis attached a tunnel-like channel t pressed upwards, Vunder which the brush han die g isiinserted. When the box is tilted the brush is held by the groove and'tunnel t.

rlhe cover a ascends with oblique marginal strips u to the top 'u of the rim strips c and i,

on the one vhand in order that the latter may Y be as obvious as possible and, on the Vother hand, in. order to provide room under the closed lid fw for tubes m, which likewise rest upon thebottom sheet Z in cut out places y in the cover a, bounded by marginal ledges g',

and are slid under holding claws e' bent up between the marginal ledges g. n

For the product-ion oit Vpivots for the lid hinge, parallel slots 3 are stamped out of the rear rim f, leaving bridge pieces et (Figure 4) between them. These bridge pieces are then joggled backwards over the rim, as shown in Figure 5, and bent together by means ot special pliers into tubular elements 4 open in the front (Figures 6 and 7), round which are bent the usual open eyes 5 attached to the lid fw, as shown in Figures 8 and 9. rThis hinge construction is particularly cheap, because it renders unnecessary the wire hinge pins that have hitherto been considered indispensable.

The paints are put in while the sheet supports m are still in the same plane as the marginal rims el and 7e, and the hooksA a, 0 are still straight tongues. To insert the paints, the paint-holding plate a is turned over with the top o of its rim on the table. lVhen the paints have been put in from above, the sheet Z is mounted with its slots p upon the tongues that are subsequently to form the hooks n, 0, and their ends are then bent over to form gripping claws 0. Finally the supporting ledges m are bent mechanically. ln place et' the continuous supporting ledges m, shorter supporting feet may be employed.

vThat I claim is:

l. A sheet metal paint box, more particularly for children, comprising a paint-holding plate formed with apertures through which the paints contained in the box appear, abutments on the paint-holding plate extending over the apertures to prevent the paints jumping up through the apertures, framing strips bent down from the edges of the said apertures to enclose the paint-s at the sides and'prevent them from slipping in any direction parallel to the paint-holding plate, marginal rims extending downwards from the outer edges of the paint-holding plate, and a fiat bottom sheet fitting within the said marginal rims and adapted to be held by them against the under sides of the paints and to keep the paints pressed up against the abutments on the paint-holding plate.

2. A sheet metal paint box, more particularly for children, comprising a paint-holding plate formed with substantially rectangular apertures through whichy rectangular paints contained in the box appear, abutments on the `paint-holding plate extending over the corners oi the apertures to preventt-he paints jumping up through the apertures, framing strips bent down from the edges ot' the said apertures to enclose the paints at the sides and prevent them from slipping in any direction parallel to the paint-holding plate, marginal rims extending downwards romthe outer edges of the paint-holding plate, and a flat bottom sheet fitting within the said marginal rims anl adapted to beheld by them against the under sides of the paints and to keep the paints pressed up against the abutments on the paint-holding plate.

3. A sheet metal paint box, more particularly for children, comprising a paintholding plate formed with apertures through which the paints contained in the box appear, abutments on the paint-holding plate extending over the apertures to prevent the paints jumping up through the apertures, framing strips bent down from the edges of the said apertures to enclose the paints at the sides and prevent them from slipping in any direction parallel to the paint-holding plate, marginal rims extending downwards from the outer edges of the paint-holding plate, a fiat bottom sheet made o1c cheap material such as pasteboard, cardboard and the like, iitting within the Ysaid marginal rims and adapted to be held by them against the under sides of the paints and to keep the paints pressed up against the abutinents on the paint-holding plate.

4. A sheet metal paint box, more particularly for children, comprising a paint-holding plate formed with apertures through whiehthe paints contained in the box appear, abutments on the paint-holding plate extending over the apertures to prevent the paints jumping up through the apertures framing strips bent down from the edges of the said apertures to enclose the paints at the sides and prevent them from slipping in any direction parallel to the paint-holding plate, marginal rims extending downwards from the outer edges of the paintholding plate, a fiat bottom sheet made of cheap material such as pasteboard, cardboard and the like, waterprooi'ed by such means as impregnation, varnishing and the like, fitting within the said marginal rims and adapted to be held by them against the under sides of the paints and to keep the paints pressed up against the abutments on the paint-holding plate.

5. A sheet metal paint box, more particularly for children, comprising a paint-holding plate formed with apertures through which the paints contained in the box appear, abutments on the paint-holding plate extending over the apertures to prevent the iaints jumping up through the apertures, framing strips bent down from the edges of the said apertures to enclose the paints at the sides and prevent them from slipping in any direction parallel to the paint-imiding plate, marginal rims extending downwards from the outer edges et the paintholding plate, and a flat bottom sheet fitting within the said marginal rims, the lower edges of the marginal rims being bent inwards and upwards after the insertion oi the tlat bottom sheet so as to hold the said flat bottom sheet against the under sides ol the paint-s and to keep the paints pressed up against the abutments on the'paint-holding plate.

6. A sheet metal paint box, more particularly for children, comprising a` paint-holding plate formed with apertures through which thepaints contained in the box pear,

the paints jumping up through the apertures, framing strips bent down from the edges of the said apertures to enclose the paints at -the sides; and prevent them from slipping in any direc-tion parallel to the paint-hold ing plate, marginal rims extending downwards from the outer edges ot the paintholding plate, a flat bott-om sheet iitting within the said marginal rims and .adapted to be held by them against the under sides oi' the paints and to keep the paints pressed up against the abutments on the paint-holding plate, the said flat bottom sheet being formed with small slots, and downward extensions of some of the raming strips, the said downward extensions passing through the slots in the flat bottom sheet and being bent o-ver on the under side thereof to support the bottom sheet against sagging.

7. A sheet metal paint box,'moreparticu larly Vico-r children, comprising a paint-holding plate ormedlwith apertures through which the paints contained in the box appear, abutments on the paint-holding plate extending over the apertures to prevent the paints jumping up through the apertures, framing strips bent down Jfrom vthe edges of the said apertures to enclose the paints at the sides and prevent them `from slipping in any direction parallel to the paint-holding plate, a marginal strip surrounding the paintholding plate and inclined upwards from the level of the surface containing the paint apertures, marginal rims extending downwards from the outer edges of the inclined marginal strip, and a fiat bottom sheet fitting within the said marginal rims and adapted tor'bc held by` them against the under sides of the paints Vand to lreep theV paints pressed up against the abutments on the paint-holding plate.

8. A sheet metal paint box, more particularly for children, comprising a paint-holding plate formed with apertures through which the paints contained in the box appear, tubular hinge pins pressed integrally out of the paint-holding plate, a lid, and eye lets on the lid adapted to engage with the tubular hinge pins to form hinges.

9. A sheet metal paint bex, more particularly for children, comprising a paintdiolding plate formed with apertures through which the paints contained in the box appear, abutments on the paint-holding plate extending over the apertures to prevent the paints jumping up through the apertures, framing strips bent down from the edges ot the said abutments on the paint-holding plate extending over the apertures to prevent apertures to enclose the paints at the sides bottom sheet fitting within the'said marginal rims and adapted to be held byithem against the under sides of the paints and to keep the paints pressed up against the abutments on the paint-holding plate, tubular hinge 'pins pressed integrally out of the paint-holding plate, alid, and eyelets on the lid adaptedto engage with the tubular hinge pins to `form hinges.'V f

sheet metal paint box, more particularly for children, comprising a paint-holding `plate formed with apertures through which the paints contained in the' box appear,

abutments on the paint-holding plate extending'over the apertures to prevent the paints jumping up through the apertures, framing strips bent down from the'edges of the said apertures to enclose the paints at the sides and prevent themvtrom slipping in any direction parallel to the paint-holding plate, marginal f rims extending downwards from the ,outer edges of the paint-holding plate, and a -flat bottom sheet fitting within the said marginal rims and adapted to be held by them against the under sides of the paints and to keep the paints pressed up against the abutments on the paint-holding plate, the paint` holding plate being termed with a depressed groove'adapted to hold the greater part of a paint brush and with a shorter pressed-up groove in alignment therewith adaptedto over-arch the brush and prevent it from jumping out of its place.

l1. A sheet metal paint box, more particularly for children, comprising a paint-holding plate formed with substantiallyV rectangular apertures through which rectangular paints contained in the box appear, abutments on the paint-holding plate extending over the corners oi' the apertures to prevent the paints jumping up through the apertures, framing strips bentdown Jfrom the edges of the said apertures to enclose the paints at the sides and prevent them from slipping in any direction parallel to the paint-holding plate, the paint-holding plate being formed with a depressed groove adapted to holdY the greater part of a paint brushand with a shorter pressed-up groove in alignment therewith adaptedV to over-arch the brush and, prevent it from jumping out of its place, a marginal `strip surrounding the -paint-holding plate and inclined upwards from' the level of the surface containing the paint apertures, marginal rims extending downwards from the outer edges of the inclined marginal strip, a fiat bottom sheet made of cheap material such as pastebo-ard, cardboard and the like, waterproofed by such means as impregnation, varnishing and the like, fitting within the saidl fie-5 `marginal rims the lower edges of the marginal rims being bent inwards and upwards after the insertion of the flat bottom sheet so as to hold the said iat bottom sheet against the undersides of the paints and to keep the paints pressed up against the abutments on the paint-holding plate, the said fiat bottom sheet being formed with small slots, downward extensions of some of the framing strips, the said downward extensions passing through the slots in the lat bottom sheet and being bent over on the under side thereof to support the bottom sheet against sagging, tubular hinge pins pressed integrally out of the paint-holding plate, a lid, and eyelets on the lid adapted to engage with the tubular hinge pins to form hinges.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this speeii'ication.

HUGO LIEBETRUTH. 

